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NCT Number: NCT07611214

PRESERVE: LUPKYNIS in Combination With Belimumab, Obinutuzumab or Anifrolumab in Patients With Lupus Nephritis

The goal of this clinical study is to assess the efficacy and safety of LUPKYNIS® in combination with belimumab, obinutuzumab or anifrolumab at inducing rapid renal response in patients with lupus nephritis (LN).

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Key information

Age range

18 year–75 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Phase 4

Primary location

Purushotham & Akther Kotha MD, Inc., La Mesa, California, United States

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About this study

Patients with LN will be administered LUPKYNIS in combination with belimumab, obinutuzumab or anifrolumab. Additionally, patients will receive treatment with a mycophenolic acid analog (MPAA), specifically mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) or mycophenolic acid (MPA), and oral prednisone (or equivalent).

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Key Inclusion Criteria:

  • Adults 18-75 years old
  • Diagnosed with biopsy-proven lupus nephritis (LN) according to the 2003 International Society of Nephrology (ISN) / Renal Pathology Society (RPS) (class III, class IV, class III/V or class IV/V)
  • Urine protein-to-creatine ratio (UPCR) ≥0.5 g/g and <5.0 g/g from a first morning void (FMV) urine sample
  • Estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) of ≥45 mL/min/1.73 m2
  • Concomitant biologic:
  • Patients on the belimumab or anifrolumab treatment regimens are receiving belimumab or anifrolumab (as applicable) prior to Screening or will initiate belimumab or anifrolumab (as applicable) on or before Day 1.
  • Patients on the obinutuzumab treatment regimen must have received at least 2 administrations of obinutuzumab prior to Screening.
  • Willing to take mycophenolic acid analog (MPAA), either by continuing current MPAA therapy or by initiating it on or before Day 1
  • Willing to take corticosteroids, either by continuing current corticosteroids (prednisone [or equivalent]) or by initiating on or before Day 1

Key Exclusion Criteria:

  • Any B cell targeted therapy except for the concomitant biologics (belimumab and obinutuzumab) within 1 year prior to Screening unless demonstration of B cell count within the normal range
  • Cyclophosphamide or any calcineurin inhibitor other than voclosporin (eg, cyclosporine and tacrolimus) within 3 months prior to Screening
  • Any other immunosuppressive therapy except for the concomitant drugs (anifrolumab, MPAAs and oral prednisone [or equivalent]) and immunosuppressive agents used to treat a patient's underlying systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), including, but not limited to, the examples below, within 30 days or 5 half-lives, whichever is longer, prior to Screening:
  • Anti-tumor necrosis factor (TNF) therapy (eg, adalimumab, etanercept, infliximab)
  • Anti-interleukin therapy (eg, risankizumab, secukinumab, ixekizumab, ustekinumab, guselkumab, tocilizumab, dupilumab)
  • T cell costimulation modulator (eg, abatacept)
  • Intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIg)
  • Janus kinase (JAK) inhibitors (eg, upadacitinib)
  • Pregnant, breastfeeding or intending to become pregnant during the Study

Treatment and study plan

LUPKYNIS

Drug

voclosporin

belimumab, obinutuzumab or anifrolumab

Biological

BENLYSTA (belimumab), GAZYVA (obinutuzumab) or SAPHNELO (anifrolumab)

mycophenolic acid analog (MPAA)

Drug

CELLCEPT (mycophenolate mofetil [MMF]) or MYFORTIC (mycophenolic acid [MPA])

Corticosteroid

Drug

prednisone (or equivalent)

Primary outcomes

  1. To assess the efficacy of LUPKYNIS in combination with belimumab, obinutuzumab or anifrolumab at inducing rapid renal response: Proportion of patients with complete renal response at 24 weeks

    Time frame: 24 weeks

Secondary outcomes

  1. To assess the safety of LUPKYNIS in combination with belimumab, obinutuzumab or anifrolumab: Incidence of treatment-emergent adverse events

    Time frame: From baseline to study completion, up to 28 weeks

  2. To assess the efficacy of LUPKYNIS in combination with belimumab, obinutuzumab or anifrolumab at inducing rapid renal response: Proportion of patients with partial renal response at 24 weeks

    Time frame: 24 weeks

  3. To assess the efficacy of LUPKYNIS in combination with belimumab, obinutuzumab or anifrolumab at inducing rapid renal response: Proportion of patients with deep renal response rate at 24 weeks

    Time frame: 24 weeks

  4. To assess the time to reach efficacy endpoints of LUPKYNIS in combination with belimumab, obinutuzumab or anifrolumab: Time to complete renal response

    Time frame: From baseline to complete renal response, up to 24 weeks

  5. To assess the time to reach efficacy endpoints of LUPKYNIS in combination with belimumab, obinutuzumab or anifrolumab: Time to partial renal response

    Time frame: From baseline to partial renal response, up to 24 weeks

  6. To investigate the pharmacodynamics of LUPKYNIS in combination with belimumab, obinutuzumab or anifrolumab: Change from baseline in levels of anti-double-stranded deoxyribonucleic acid (dsDNA) autoantibodies at 12 weeks and at 24 weeks

    Time frame: Baseline, 12 weeks, and 24 weeks

  7. To investigate the pharmacodynamics of LUPKYNIS in combination with belimumab, obinutuzumab or anifrolumab: Change from baseline in levels of complement 3 (C3) at 12 weeks and at 24 weeks

    Time frame: Baseline, 12 weeks, and 24 weeks

  8. To investigate the pharmacodynamics of LUPKYNIS in combination with belimumab, obinutuzumab or anifrolumab: Change from baseline in levels of complement 4 (C4) at 12 weeks and at 24 weeks

    Time frame: Baseline, 12 weeks, and 24 weeks

Study contacts

Contact information is provided by the study sponsor or research team.

Aurinia Clinical Trials Information

CONTACT

[email protected]

833-606-5975

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Aurinia Pharmaceuticals Inc.

Industry

Registry information

Official study title

PRESERVE: A Multi-Center Phase 4 Study of the Efficacy and Safety of LUPKYNIS in Combination With Belimumab, Obinutuzumab or Anifrolumab at Inducing Rapid Renal Response in Patients With Lupus Nephritis

Important dates

Study start
2026
Primary completion
2029
Study completion
2029
First posted
May 28, 2026
Registry last updated
Jun 12, 2026

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